MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: -37.77,144.91 Latitude: -37.77 Longitude: 144.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 147 9.3 8.1 92 1.2 8.6 341 7 282.0 283.1 281.5 300.5 6.74 1 1000 193 8.9 7.6 91 1.3 8.2 338 9 282.1 283.2 281.4 300.1 6.56 2 950 617 6.9 5.6 91 1.4 6.2 320 18 284.2 285.2 281.7 300.9 5.99 3 900 1060 5.3 4.6 95 0.7 4.9 294 21 286.9 288.0 282.8 303.6 5.92 4 850 1526 2.8 2.7 99 0.1 2.7 282 22 289.1 290.0 283.2 304.7 5.47 5 800 2014 -0.1 -0.2 99 0.1 -0.2 280 22 291.0 291.9 283.2 304.6 4.70 6 750 2529 -2.8 -2.9 99 0.2 -2.9 281 21 293.6 294.3 283.7 305.6 4.10 7 700 3073 -5.8 -6.2 98 0.3 -6.0 281 20 296.0 296.7 283.9 306.3 3.45 8 650 3650 -9.2 -10.2 93 1.0 -9.5 290 21 298.6 299.1 284.1 306.9 2.72 9 600 4265 -12.8 -27.3 29 14.5 -15.9 293 21 301.2 301.4 282.8 303.5 0.68 10 550 4922 -17.3 -40.5 11 23.2 -20.4 291 25 303.5 303.5 283.1 304.2 0.20 11 500 5628 -22.9 -39.0 22 16.1 -24.9 300 29 305.1 305.2 283.8 306.0 0.26 12 450 6392 -28.0 -46.0 16 18.0 -29.6 307 35 308.0 308.0 284.8 308.5 0.14 13 400 7230 -32.5 -64.6 3 32.0 -33.9 298 37 312.7 312.7 286.3 312.8 0.02 14 350 8158 -38.9 -63.4 6 24.6 -39.7 290 37 316.3 316.3 287.6 316.4 0.02 15 300 9200 -45.1 -66.2 8 21.1 -45.6 280 38 321.8 321.8 289.3 321.9 0.02 16 250 10403 -50.1 -68.9 9 18.8 -50.5 271 37 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.6 0.01 17 200 11853 -50.6 -73.5 5 23.0 -51.0 260 36 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13730 -50.1 -79.7 2 29.7 -50.7 259 43 383.8 383.8 302.9 383.8 0.00 19 100 16342 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 256 30 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5434.94 m Freezing level: 801.90 mb = 1995.73 m = 6547.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 802.72 mb = 1986.98 m = 6518.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.84 % Est. max temperature: 16.14 C = 61.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.37 mb = 298.34 m = 978.80 ft T: 8.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 0.39 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.09 mb = 1095.85 m = 3595.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.42 C = 57.95 F Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lifted Index: 5.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.89 C Showalter Index: 2.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 51.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.60 C K Index: 28.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13172.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.96 mb = 730.25 m = 2395.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.6 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 322.6 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: -19.0 tot: -17.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.75 Bulk Shear: 23.80 m/s